title: Transplantation: a new molecular approach to the diagnosis of acute rejection.
abstract: Renal biopsy is the gold standard for detection of rejection in kidney transplant recipients, but is not considered until evidence of renal dysfunction is apparent. Now, Suthanthiran and colleagues suggest that mRNA levels in urinary cells from these patients might be diagnostic and prognostic of acute cellular rejection.
authors.affiliation: Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandraker
authors.forename: Terry B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Strom
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011379:Prognosis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger